Re: [libvirt] [PATCH v4 00/26] scripts: convert most perl scripts to python

On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 02:01:37PM +0200, Peter Krempa wrote: > On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 12:37:15 +0100, Daniel Berrange wrote: > > Note that the check-spacing.py script is significantly > > slower in Python than in Perl. After researching this > > it appears there is nothing that can be done. The Perl > > regex engine is simply much better optimized than the > > Python one. As previously discussed we need to loook > > at uncrustify or clang-format or some other tool to > > validate whitespace formatting. This is ongoing. We > > can either accept the slow down in the short term or > > keep the Perl version in the short term. > > I vote for keeping the perl version then. I don't see much value in > rewriting it into a much slower form just to drop it soon after. I second ^this opinion.